The Bible is very clear that death is not restricted to
merely the physical death of the body, but the death of the spirit. When Adam
and Eve sinned against God, they died that very day spiritually and lost their
personal relationship with God. Is the concept of spiritual death supported in
the Bible? Here are the scriptures (many by Jesus Himself):

But Jesus said to him, "Follow Me; and allow the
dead to bury their own dead." (Matthew 8:22) - (How can
physically dead people bury anyone?)

"And do not fear those who kill the body, but are
unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both
soul and body in hell." (Matthew 10:28)

"'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac,
and the God of Jacob?’ He is not the God of the dead but of the
living." (Matthew 22:32)

"But we had to be merry and rejoice, for this
brother of yours was dead and has begun to live, and was lost and has been
found." (Luke 15:32) - (The prodigal son was spiritually dead
until he repented)

And if Christ is in you, though the body is dead
because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness. (Romans
8:10)

And when you were dead in your transgressions and the
uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having
forgiven us all our transgressions, (Colossians 2:13)

For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so
also faith without works is dead. (James 2:26)

For the gospel has for this purpose been preached even
to those who are dead, that though they are judged in the flesh as men,
they may live in the spirit according to the will of God. (1 Peter 4:6)

And the Law came in that the transgression might
increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more that, as
sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to
eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 5:20)

I protest, brethren, by the boasting in you, which I
have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. (1 Corinthians 15:31)

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